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TIL during the Munich Massacre, the camera crews filmed the actions and broadcasted it live on TV, so the terrorists were able to watch the police prepare an attack.

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GAAWQ TIL in 2013 an angler won £800 in a fishing completion with a 13lb Bass, he then sold it to a fishmonger. However he had stolen it from a local aquarium, another competitor recognized it, and tipped off police. He was arrested and admitted theft and fraud.
E1kOW TIL Teddy Roosevelt traveled over 300 miles to arrest three boat thieves in the Dakota territory, forcing them to march back for trial instead of hanging them. He even recreated the capture for a photo before turning them in
W0BA TIL that there are growing anti-Korean racist movements in Japan as a result of government’s nationalistic movements
NXGnJ TIL about that in 1995 the six-year-old boy Gedhun Choekii Niima is recognized as the Panchen Lama, the second most important Buddhist leader. The boy then disappeared forever and a new candidate was appointed under still unexplained and suspicious circumstances.
xVA7B TIL Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of the state of Israel, one was a mistake the other was Adolf Eichmann